An impact model of the electrostatic force: Coulomb's law re-visited

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new impact model for electrostatic forces where electric dipoles propagate at light speed, transferring momentum locally, offering an alternative perspective to Coulomb's law.

Contribution

It introduces a novel impact model for electrostatic interactions based on propagating electric dipoles, reinterpreting Coulomb's law through a local interaction framework.

Findings

Electric dipoles propagate at the speed of light.

Electrostatic forces are modeled as local interactions via dipoles.

The model provides an alternative understanding of Coulomb's law.

Abstract

The electrostatic force is described in this model by the action of electric dipole distributions on charged particles. The individual hypothetical dipoles are propagating at the speed of light in vacuum transferring momentum and energy between charges through interactions on a local basis. The model is constructed in analogy to an impact model describing the gravitational forces.